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Buffy The Vampire Slayer 4x02 - Living Conditions .mp4

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Zak

I really didn't like this one on first watch, like it a lot more after going to uni (we share flats but not rooms), some little things people did really annoyed me, in Buffy's shoes I would probably have done the same thing

Dave Ford

Frankly, I'm on Kathy's side - people show steal other people food from communal fridges are the worst. "Look, it's only a sausage..." "It's my sausage.", "Hey I didn't think it mattered that much, it's only a sausage." "IT'S MY F*&!ING SAUSAGE."

Dave Ford

Not sure if this was recorded before or after the last Angel one, but the audio sync is all over the place on this one. Hope it's not too difficult to fix.

Domi E

Hii. It was recorded after, I post all the videos in the order I record but dammit, I’m sorry. I’ll try and go back in and fix it. In some vids OBS has fucked up the audio and I have to synch it manually, but I don’t think I’m great at that, this was probably one of them.

Ron Fehr

You put your name on some chicken in the fridge? I just hope you put your name on it, and not Kathy's. Lol

Shaun Houghton

A man must always defend his sausage, I'm with you Dave.

GaveUp

For what it's worth it's a a constant 200ms early. A quick run through mkvtoolnix or similar will fix it up. You can also easily fix it on the fly in various players ... VLC, MPC-HC, mpv, etc.

Shaun Houghton

I'm not sure it matters to Kathy, she was taking another person's soul, I can't see her drawing the line at chicken.

Dave Ford

It's not too awful - but I find i have to listen rather than watch the reaction as the disjoint is too distracting. It's not the end of the world, but I wasn't sure if you were aware.

Dave Ford

Hey, it's her f***king chicken. People who share flats and steal other people's food are the worst. I'm not saying I've had to as far as putting green food dye in my milk, but I've totally had to go that far.

Domi E

Thanks for letting me know, Dave! I hadn’t noticed. I’m gonna have to find somebody good at audio who can help me synch up my videos since I haven’t been able to do it myself properly.

Ron Fehr

Remember when Kathy went into Buffy's closet and took her sweater? Didn't it seem a bit cavalier how she acted upon seeing Buffy's weapons. Yes, at first she was bit curious, but then she just kind of shrugged it off and put them back. At least now you know why Kathy was not more surprised. She was a demon an strange things were normal for her.

Bri

I worked as a pastoral advisor in a dorm for years. It can be.... Intense and strange.

Shaun Houghton

Or she was a demon and didn't know what was normal. She did interpret "share time" as being "Cher time".

Ron Fehr

About Giles being able to afford his apartment, I recall hearing a theory that he might have been using money from a family inheritance.

Bri

Also, he was on a double salary for 2.5 years (the high school and the Council). He should have some savings!

Ron Fehr

I had thought about the school savings, but I totally forgot about the Council. That makes much more sense than the theory I heard.

zerofk

I fully agree, but then there's Cathy going through Buffy's closet and even taking something without asking. That's also completely unacceptable.

zerofk

"I don't think she's actually evil." - Domi being a great judge of character :-D I adore the scene at the start with Buffy and Willow patrolling together and talking. They have such a natural friendship.

Domi E

Thats totally understandable! Living through it def makes it more relatable and interesting!

Domi E

Yup, they both did things that were soo wrong!

Raven Dark

LOL You know, my thoughts on this might be kinda weird, but I like to think Cathy at least had the potential to be a good demon. I think her family was influencing her, and without them, if she'd been allowed to live among humans, go to school, ect, she would have grown up good, or perhaps became good over time with the right influences.

UTU49

I had a roommate in my first year of university and my experience was almost exactly the same as Buffy's... except that he wasn't a demon, and he didn't suck my soul away, and we got along pretty well. But the initial awkwardness was the same. The layout of the room was the same. The general situation of sharing space with a stranger was the same. My side was the left side (Kathy's) and my roommate was on Buffy's side. Sleeping in a room with a stranger on the first night was very weird. By the end of the first week, we were sharing stuff and laughing our heads off and having weird conversations late at night. I hope I was as good a roommate as he was... but I don't think I was quite as good a roommate. lol.

UTU49

I thought this episode was hilarious.

R J Walker (FumblesMcStupid)

I think my favourite line might be (paraphrasing) Willow to Giles: 'Buffy is homicidal...so I sent her to you' :D Also the bit where Xander and Oz get taken out by Buffy, oh dear lol I really love the humour in this one. Buffy becoming more unhinged by the minute and then WILLOW EATS HER SANDWICH!!! I've never had a room mate either and I don't think I'd do very well sharing a bedroom with somebody :/ It was bad enough sharing a house!!!!!

UTU49

Communication is everything. Some people are happy to share everything. Other people don't want to share everything. People need to negotiate with each other to hone the relationship to work for both parties. Whoah, whoah, whoah! By "SAUSAGE", did you guys mean "PENIS"?

UTU49

Well I didn't actually notice -- just to share another perspective -- but then, I did have half my attention on my enormous sandwich while I was watching.

UTU49

If anyone feels guilty about labeling your food, just flip the script. Portray it as a public service... like you're labeling your food for THEIR benefit. "To everybody. Just a heads up: I drooled on this chicken a little bit, so you probably don't want to eat it." OR... "Warning to all. This chicken is for my salmonella experiment in my biology course." Or... "Just a heads up. I accidentally farted on this chicken." You get the idea...

palisade

Great reaction. Your expression when Buffy tore of Kathy's face was priceless. This is definitely one of my very favorite of Buffy's "funny" episodes.

Ron Fehr

UTU49 These days, with Covid-19, it would be even more helpful. While some may have had their vaccinations, there are those who haven't. So labeling could be considered a preventative measure.

Jordan Haddow

Great reaction as usual. This is such a fun episode. The shock of just how nonchalant Buffy was about killing another human. Of course, we know later, like in Ted, Buffy has an inborn instinct for sensing demons, so despite her eyes and ears telling her Cathy was human, she instinctively knew she wasn't. Of course, the soul sucking thing messed with everything as well, but damn was it funny. Don't worry about the chicken labeling thing. It wasn't that Cathy labeled things, it was that she labeled everything and took every inch of space in the fridge. There are grey lines around milk and such, as it takes up so much space it really needs to be shared. I liked your discussion about whether Cathy was good or not. It a way, that's the underlying theme of Buffy. What makes some one good and another person bad? Their upbringing. The being they are born as? Circumstances? Intentions? That's why I really like episodes like Ted, Lie to me, Becoming part 2. In the beginning of Buffy, it was simple. Demons bad, humans good. Then came Angel to mess the formula up, and the subsequent episodes. Heck even Prophecy girl had a major influence. Basically, I think the show intends it to be the choices people make. Buffy chose to die to save the world. Ford from Lie to me chose to kill others to save his own life. Cathy may have been good, but for her choice of trying to steal Buffy's soul so Buffy could take her place in the demon dimension. Chances are though, she assigned so little value to human life she would have killed the next person who was a minor inconvenience to her. We'll never know now. YAY, Willow is moved in. Much better anyways. Looking forward to your next reaction.

Nicholas Corgan

That's always a classic moment with reactors. The sheer shock of the moment.

UTU49

I always thought of her as Kathy with a K. I don't know whether that was just my feeling or whether we ever see her name written or whether they specify in some other way. It doesn't matter. I'm just curious. Like George.

Shaun Houghton

UTU49, she labelled her food, including eggs, with a K, so we saw it was Kathy.

Eric Paul Owens

lets pause and talk about Kathy .... DEAD.

Bri

What I don't understand is how Giles manages to keep his visa to stay in the US after he loses both his jobs. That doesn't happen in real life.

UTU49

"To all and sundry. This is my chicken... and I prolly got cooties."

UTU49

Wow duh. It's only a major plot point of the entire episode. I left my frontal lobe in my other pants.

Domi E

oh yup makes a lot more sense now!!

Domi E

Omg, makes so much sense! And yup his Visa for sure expired, no way he can stay……. Unless he married Jenny in secret and we never knew… Just sayin’

Domi E

I actually agree Raven, I think she really wanted to be good like Anya!

Domi E

Haha, I’m sure he appreciates you and your nice chats!

Domi E

It’s a good one!!

Domi E

It was really hilarious!

Domi E

Honestly surprised the hell out of me haha

Domi E

That’s a great point Jordan! It def is a really big topic of the show which I love!

R J Walker (FumblesMcStupid)

Oh I LIKE that :D (but then you knew I would ;) ) and as somebody who was unceremoniously thrown out of the US I can attest to the fact that as soon as your job ends you're pretty screwed :/

Steve Quast

"Can't believe we're in season 4" We're not in season 4. We've somehow gone back to season 1 again. But Amy has cast a spell over all of us so that we THINK we're in season 4. 😋

Steve Quast

Yeah, better get the roommate's name right. She might be here a while.....

Steve Quast

"I don't want to be a Kathy." But you want to be a chicken?

Steve Quast

This episode was pure silliness. And that Cher song....was all over the place. They played it on the radio 18, 497,681 times.....per week. Anyway, this isn't a fan favorite, but seeing your reaction to it makes it much more bearable 😋

zerofk

Oh yeah it totally is Kathy. I don't know why that didn't register...

Steve Quast

I love that you brought up Kendra. Remember Kendra's iconic line: "No wonder you died." lol

GaveUp

I’m pretty sure there’s some law against marrying a corpse...

Ron Fehr

I would ask if the Watchers Council had any connections in the US government, but they wouldn't help anyway, because Giles is no longer a watcher.

UTU49

What a great line. The Buffy writers knew their characters and situations really well.

Domi E

ANGEL SPOILERS // Urgh, I hate that my instinct when I read your message without context GaveUp, was that you were saying I couldn’t marry Cordy. I was upset. But anyways I meant they obviously got married before 2x17, it’s simplyyyyy the truth!

Domi E

OooOooOoOoOoOoOh. Okay cool. (Also truly thought you meant Amy Acker for a whole second there)

Domi E

No Steve I wanna EAT the chicken

Domi E

Aw thank you Steve!!

Domi E

that’s so freaking funny oh man i miss kendra

Lee Wilcock

Her name was all over her food. :)

Cheryl Coffin

Re Willow’s roommate: we didn’t actually see her but there was a shot of Willow on the phone commiserating with Buffy about bad roomies while a huge party was raging around Willow. Then when she was going to study while Oz volunteered to hang out with Buffy, when she opened her door there was a huge amount of noise in the room and Willow said she’d be in the library. I think we’re meant to infer the roomie is a party animal. The area where Buffy and Giles chat after his run is the courtyard outside his apartment. We don’t usually see that much of it. Did you happen to notice Parker check out Buffy’s butt when he said he’d watch her back?

TheMew

I've always loved the camera cuts/ edits for Buffy angry face and her saying you bet. I've used a gif of both on Facebook more than once. lol

ADDButterfly

This is one of my favorite episodes. Just makes me laugh. And Kathy wasn't really EVIL in the sense of wanting to hurt anyone. She just wanted a normal human life and go to college. It was refreshing.